Service Details
Name:
 BOSHOFF
Given Name:
 WILLEM HENDRIK JOHANNES
Initials:
 W H J
Service No:
 228991V
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 12 Field Sqn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-22
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Date of Birth:
 1896-09-08
Age:
 47
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Adolf and Martha Rebecca Naude Boshoff. Husband of Alida Maria Boshoff, of 3rd Avenue, Wonderboom South, Pretoria. They had 4 children. Born in the Bethal District, Transvaal. A farmer by profession
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, E, 21.

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